Dilemmas of Inclusion

Dilemmas of Inclusion
Author :
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 260
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780691172606
ISBN-13 : 0691172609
Rating : 4/5 (609 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Dilemmas of Inclusion by : Rafaela M. Dancygier

Download or read book Dilemmas of Inclusion written by Rafaela M. Dancygier and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Europe’s Muslim communities continue to grow, so does their impact on electoral politics and the potential for inclusion dilemmas. In vote-rich enclaves, Muslim views on religion, tradition, and gender roles can deviate sharply from those of the majority electorate, generating severe trade-offs for parties seeking to broaden their coalitions. Dilemmas of Inclusion explains when and why European political parties include Muslim candidates and voters, revealing that the ways in which parties recruit this new electorate can have lasting consequences. Drawing on original evidence from thousands of electoral contests in Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Great Britain, Rafaela Dancygier sheds new light on when minority recruitment will match up with existing party positions and uphold electoral alignments and when it will undermine party brands and shake up party systems. She demonstrates that when parties are seduced by the quick delivery of ethno-religious bloc votes, they undercut their ideological coherence, fail to establish programmatic linkages with Muslim voters, and miss their opportunity to build cross-ethnic, class-based coalitions. Dancygier highlights how the politics of minority inclusion can become a testing ground for parties, showing just how far their commitments to equality and diversity will take them when push comes to electoral shove. Providing a unified theoretical framework for understanding the causes and consequences of minority political incorporation, and especially as these pertain to European Muslim populations, Dilemmas of Inclusion advances our knowledge about how ethnic and religious diversity reshapes domestic politics in today’s democracies.


Dilemmas of Inclusion Related Books

The Europe Dilemma
Language: en
Pages: 475
Authors: Roger Liddle
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

What is Britain's future in Europe? This book revisits an old argument but for dramatically new times. The old argument is about Britain's 'semi-detachedness' f
Dilemmas of Inclusion
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Rafaela M. Dancygier
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-05 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

As Europe’s Muslim communities continue to grow, so does their impact on electoral politics and the potential for inclusion dilemmas. In vote-rich enclaves, M
Demanding Rights
Language: en
Pages: 207
Authors: Moritz Baumgärtel
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-09 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Evaluates and reconsiders how the human rights of vulnerable migrants are protected through Europe's supranational courts.
Europe's Balkan Dilemma
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Adam Fagan
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-22 - Publisher: I. B. Tauris

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Through the intervention of the European Union, the lives of people living in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo have been transformed beyond recognition. Fr
Europe's Existential Dilemma
Language: en
Pages: 269
Authors: GUy Mettan
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-01 - Publisher: SCB Distributors

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

While Europe as a whole remains a first world economic power despite Brexit, it has been unable to build a truly democratic and efficient state or carry weight